Whenever you edit text – be it when renaming a file in Tracker, editing a file in StyledEdit, or chatting in Vision – there are some universal shortcuts: ALT ← / → or Takes a screenshot silently (without opening the panel), while still respecting the last used settings.Īlso takes a screenshot silently with the saved settings, but instead of saving it as a file, it's just copied to the clipboard. Takes a screenshot with zero delay and launches the Screenshot panel. Pulls the active window to the front (only applicable with the mouse setting Focus Follows Mouse). Hides (minimizes) all windows of the active application. Zooms a window to an alternative size (maximum size for most applications). Holding OPT while dragging a window near another window's tab or border will stack or tile them (see chapter GUI).Ĭycles through the open windows within the current workspace.Ĭlick and drag with left mouse button to move a window (see chapter GUI).Ĭlick and drag with right mouse button to resize a window (see chapter GUI). Add SHIFT to take the active window with you. Navigates spatially the rows/columns of the available workspaces.

Take the active window with you by adding SHIFT Switches to Workspace X ( Fx is the function key corresponding to that workspace). Here's a table of many of the most commonly used shortcuts that are always available, even if there isn't a corresponding menu: ALT Fx There you can see what keystroke is sent when you press a key on your keyboard. If you're in doubt which keys are the OPT or MENU keys on your particular keymap/keyboard-layout, again use the Keymap preferences. The user guide always describes the default configuration with the command key being ALT. In any case, you can switch to the maybe more familiar CTRL key in the Keymap preferences. ALT C and ALT V integrate seamlessly into the bash shell of the Terminal, where CTRL C quits the running process. After you get used to it, it actually has advantages as e.g. This has historical reasons, because the BeOS was inspired somewhat by MacOS. By default, Haiku's shortcut key, to invoke commands from menus for example, is not the usual CTRL key, but ALT instead.

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